Coker College Holds Athletic Awards Ceremony

(L-R) Kelley Godbout- Female Freshman of the Year, James Sweeney- C.G. Timberlake Athlete of the Year & Ferenando Bedoya- Male Freshman of the Year

Apr 26, 2012

HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Coker College junior James Sweeney was named the C.G. Timberlake
Athlete of the Year award to highlight the 2012 Athletic Awards
Ceremony held Wednesday night in the Watson Theater. Fernando Bedoya and Kelley Godbout took home the Male and Female
Freshmen of the Year honors, respectively.

Sweeney is a junior mathematics major from Huntingtown, Md., who
excelled on and off the field this season as the Cobras’
goalie. Sporting a 4.0 GPA, Sweeney started all 21 games, allowing
just 13 goals while posting 58 saves. Sweeney led Coker to an 18-3
record and a berth to its first-ever NCAA Division II regional
tournament. The team reached as high as No. 5 nationally and
finished at No. 18. Sweeney posted a .61 goals-against average that
included 10 shutouts and a .817 save percentage.

Sweeney was named to the Capital One Academic All-American First
Team as well as the Capital One Academic All-District Team. He was
also the Conference Carolinas Scholar-Athlete of the Year, first
team all-conference and a Daktronics All-Southeast region
selection.

Bedoya, a freshman from Miami, Fla., started all 21 games for
the Cobras. He tallied four assists and one goal on the season.
Bedoya was named NSCAA Third Team All-American, an NSCAA First Team
All-Southeast Region player, a Daktronics First Team All-Southeast
Region player and a first team all-conference selection. He is a
physical education major with a sport management concentration.

Godbout is a freshman from Mathews, N.C. She played in all 27
games, starting 18 of them, and averaged 10.9 points, 6.5 rebounds
and 1.3 assists per game. Godbout is a biology major with a
pre-medical concentration.

Coker College readies undergraduates for personal and
professional success through a distinctive four-year program that
emphasizes a practical application of the liberal arts as well as
hands-on and discussion-based learning within and beyond the
classroom. Coker is ranked among the “Best Colleges” in
the South by U.S. News & World Report as well as
The Princeton Review. Located in Hartsville, S.C., Coker
is within two hours of the cultural, financial and recreational
resources of Charlotte, Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach.